High School Notebook

Published 6:30 am, Thursday, February 10, 2005

Westside

Girls basketball—
The Wolves didn't claim the District 21-5A championship. Last week's 56-54 loss to Bellaire took care of that.

But Westside coach Alaina Turner believes bigger and better things are ahead for her squad, which figures to be one of the top teams in Region III and a threat to advance deep into the Class 5A playoffs.

"This team is no humble, so unselfish that they don't have any idea how good they are," Turner said. "As young as these kids are, they truly don't understand how much potential they have."

However, other Houston-area teams are aware of Westside, a deep, talented team that can compete with the best. The Wolves took a 27-4 record and 13-2 league mark into a showdown with Madison earlier this week.

Strake Jesuit

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The Crusaders finished second as a team and had five seniors capture gold medals in their respective weight divisions at last week's District 21-5A Tournament at Mayde Creek.

Earning first places and region meet berths for Strake Jesuit were Peter Van Nieuwenhuise in the 135-pound class, Mike Brown (140), Bill Sommers (180), Jon Schubert (189) and Mike Nijoka (275). Adding second place and region invitations for the Crusaders were Issac Vuong (112), Justin Casino (125) and Pat Sommers (215), who also had third place finishes from Colin Day (119), John Passmore (145), Chris Luyster (160) and Steve Nijoka (171). All first and second place finisher at district advance to Friday and Saturday's Class 5A Region III Tournament at Allen High School in Allen, Texas (northeast of Dallas on Highway 75 past Plano and towards McKinney). Strake Jesuit was edged 193.5-190 by Cinco Ranch for the district crown, with Katy Taylor ending up third.

Basketball — The Crusaders host Elsik on Friday at 7 p.m.

Soccer — The Crusaders are at Mayde Creek on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Alief Taylor

Boys basketball—
The playoff bound Lions (24-8, 8-3 District 19-5A) are at Mayde Creek on Friday at 7 p.m.

St. Agnes

Westbury Christian

Boys basketball— The Wildcats advance into the TAPPS Class 5A playoffs next week.

Bellaire

Boys basketball—
The Cardinals want to duplicate the efforts of Bellaire's girls by winning the District 21-5A championship.

Bellaire is on its way to the title. The Cardinals hoped to pick up a win over rival Lamar earlier this week before facing Chavez at 6 p.m. Friday and Sam Houston at 6 p.m. Wednesday, both at Butler Sports Complex.

Girls basketball— As the district champion, Bellaire will receive a first-round bye in the Class 5A playoffs, which get under way next week.

Wrestling— Bellaire's girls were second at the District 24-5A Championships at Westside last week. Lee won the meet with 159 points, followed by the Cardinals with 65 and Lamar and Westside with 39.